chill

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
2. A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
3. An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
4. An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
5. The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
6. A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
7. Calmness; equanimity.
8. A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
9. A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.

terugschrikken voor

verkoelen

vrees aanjagen

bang maken

kilheid

kilte

bang zijn voor

koud maken

temperen

frigiditeit

koelheid

refrigerate

frozeness

cold weather

be afraid

make cold

low temperature

densener

chilldown

have a slight fever

have fever and ague

refrigerated storage

fit of cold

cooling action

cold shortness

cold quenching

cool-off

be afraid of

cold air

cool-down

shivering fit

become cool

cold-storage

grow cold

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/t͡ʃɪl/

From Middle English chele, chile, from Old English ċiele, ċele (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kali, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold”). Closely related with Dutch kil. Also akin to cool, cold, which see.